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pink pixie Loropetalum in urns for front entry

Touring MacKenzie-Childs: Such a beautiful place with absolutely gorgeous grounds. Click to read all about my favorite parts of the trip!

Jim Scott's lakeside garden on Lake Martin in Alabama is amazing and spectacular. As you view the garden rooms keep in mind all of the rocks were brought in. None of the rocks you see were part of the natural habitat. This garden has been evolving for twelve years now. Southern Living magazine has featured this garden. You may view article and pictures here. Quoting from Southern Living " this garden is a labyrinth of intersecting trails, meandering streams, hideaways, and surprises. And…

Part II of History Geeks' Founding Fathers Home Tour focusing on the 4th president, James Madison's plantation, Montpelier with tips for touring the home.

I will be the gladdest thing Under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick one. ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay ...

Happy Sunday! I’m taking you back to Charleston, South Carolina today and sharing some photos of beautiful wrought iron gates, glimpses into courtyard gardens and some of the church steeples …

....Привет!..Не могу причислить себя ( к большому сожалению) к славному племени ландшафтных архитекторов. Но, по долгу службы, приходится потихоньку осваивать и это направление архитектуры...Подбирая материалы для студентов, нашла совершенно ...

Two big urns sit on either side of my front door. Over the years they have been filled with flowers of all kinds, pumpkins, and evergreens. One year a scarecrow sat in one of them. TheY have such a fetching shape but I never really liked their color! They did not work with the limestone more »

Two big urns sit on either side of my front door. Over the years they have been filled with flowers of all kinds, pumpkins, and evergreens. One year a scarecrow sat in one of them. TheY have such a fetching shape but I never really liked their color! They did not work with the limestone more »

"It is good to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspe...

It was my first time as a vendor at the Brimfield Antique Fair. But that didn't stop me from doing a little shopping of course. Brimfield is an amazing place, and if you like to decorate using older things, it is worth the trip. Every category imaginable is there~from old fixtures and doors, to mid century modern, farmhouse and my favorite, French items. The best thing about this trip to Brimfield was sharing the experience with my son, Justin Power, who has been running his Boston shop…

lovely urn at Eighteenth century Killerton House on a sunny Devon afternoon.

If you are in the mood to decorate for autumn/Halloween, you've just got to take a look at this incredible shop in Kansas - the Curious Sofa. I totally enjoyed browsing through Debbie's shop and was amazed by her incredible creativity. Enjoy and start thinking about how you are going to decorate your home... Isn't this display just spectacular??? I JUST LOVE IT! Look at this gorgeous autumn vignette....sigh... It might be worth it to take a trip to Kansas just to go to this beautiful shop.

Click on images to enlargeThis really lovely garden style engraving comes from an 1884 Housekeeping book, that Miss Mustard Seed lent me recently. This one shows a picturesque iron garden urn, overflowing with foliage. I